Jon Stewart came to the defense of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on The Daily Show on Monday, using Time magazine’s own reasoning to skewer its cover story calling Christie “the elephant in the room.”

Now, in the wake of the widespread phone-hacking done by Murdoch’s tabloid journalists in Britain, U.S. investigators are taking a fresh look at the News America allegations and for the first time have reached out to Emmel, confirms Philip Hilder, an attorney for Emmel.

Not normally a fan of Chris Christie it is only fair to say that he is right on with this assessment of anti-Muslim fear mongering perpetrated by right-wing extremists. “It’s crap!”, says Christie. “It’s crazy.” Christie was responding to complaints that his appointment to the New Jersey Superior Court, Sohail Mohammed an American lawyer who also happens to be a Muslim will implement Sharia Law. Thank you, Governor Christie, for being a voice of reason amidst anti-Muslim hysteria.